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Volume 5 Number 10 The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington Jan 20,1977 Evans Meets Us College president-select Dan Evans met with students in a question and answer session for an hour and a half during yes- terday afternoon, January 19, in the li- brary lobby. For both the students and Evans the meeting was the first real chance they had to size each other up. The questions and answers were largely repeats of the ques- tions asked in an interview with the COOPER POINT JOURNAL and KAOS- FM on Friday, January 14 (see page 6), but the mood was different. Evans no doubt learned that Evergreen students are often hostile towards the school administration, and not overly re- spectful of traditional social status. In the first question Evans was informed that the president of Franconia college had a meth- od of keeping in touch with students: he works once a week in the school cafeteria. Would Evans, the student wondered, be willing to do the same? Evans was humor- ous and noncommittal in his reply. A large number of questions concerned the governance system at Evergreen. Two complaints were heard: students don't have deCision-making power; and stu- dents that are involved in Governance don't represent the students which aren't involved. EVANS For students trying to draw an impres- sion of the future president a few things became clear: - Evans is a ' clear and intelligent speaker. - Evans has no answers to student governance or curriculum. - Evans draws often on his experience as governor as a model to give depth to his understanding of college problems. Evans also tended to view problems in terms of two conflicting needs: that cur- riculum must be flexible to keep Evergreen an "alternative," as opposed to the idea that curriculum must be stand- ardized enough to allow students security in planning their college goals. He also mentioned the conflict between Evergreen as an "alternative school" for the whole state and as a local school for southwest- ern Washington. But he affirmed, " If Ev- ergreen becomes very much like the other institu tions of education then there would be little reason to continue its existence . . " COLLECTIVE BARGAINING In response to a question about faculty collective bargaining, Evans stated, "I would hope we would be able to work on a higher level than just collective bargain- ing . . . The strength of .collective bargain- ing is the ability to finally strik e. . if collective bargaining takes you to a strike then there has to be the po'tential for pen- alties. Here at Evergreen, I would hope we're better and smarter than that and could find some system that isn't as gross as collective bargaining." In response to a question about a pro- posed addition to the Social Contract for- bidding discrimination because of "sexual orientation," Evans stated that although he opposed discrimination against homo - sexua ls , he did not want to "add to the laundry li st delineating which groups can- not be discriminated against." In stead . he suggested that the Social Contracts a 1- ready forbids such discrimina ti on in o th er clauses. Evans also fie lded questions about Na- tive American demands. the presidential search committee, the Board of Trus tees. and President Charles McCann 's paid sabbatical. He concluded by hoping that he and students could gather again to discuss col- lege issues in the future . >- c a "" o 0- Ll ro <Xi Oil-Black Tuxes and Slick GOV\Tns by Brad Pokorny Society Editor Editor's note: COOPER POINT JOUR- NAL Society Editor Brad Pokorny at- tended the gala Inaugural Ball in Lacey on Wednesday, January 12. Pokorny returned with the follOwing report. Men in oil-black tuxedos and bare- backed women in slick strapless gowns crowded around the ten-foot-high wooden model of the Capitol dome. The newly- elected governor leaned against the white enameled mock-up and penned out auto- graphs. She laughed and listened and made asides to her escort, David Jenkins, an old Atomic Energy Commission aide. She fielded the swarm like a queen bee. This was inaugural balling. We 'd ar- rived late, missing the pageant of flags and the other military operations staged by the Army . It was a champagne toast, and 2,300 persons stood around in the Capital Pavilion in Lacey, holding high gold-plated plastic champagne glasses, the kind with the stems that come apart for easy storage. Nothing is really formal any more. Sure, there were a lot of J:\eat-fitting rental jobs with tasteful red roses pinned to satin lapels, and cummerbunds, even, but there were some slobs too. Guys in jeans and gravy-stained corduroy jackets, with square-bottomed knit ties dangling over dark moire button-down sports shirts. Many of the younger women came in high school prom retreads. You can get by with anything these days. Dixy Lee Ray wore an emerald green synthetic potato sack. It had embroidery on the wide col- lars, and the design slyly streamlined her potbelly so that it was hardly noticeable. Only the Army officers from Fort Lewis looked really sharp. Decked out in spiffy waistcoats with gold braid epaulets, they sported proud chests plastered with shiny Christmas. decorations. Nobody knows how to dance any more either. Or maybe everyone was just smashed. People tried, though . Dowdy state workers, trying to dance out their money's worth on the $3S-a-pair tickets, did things that looked vaguely like the twist, to the orchestra's version of Tuxedo Juhction. Couples flopped around on the ersatz dance floor like hydrocarbon- soaked seagulls, trying to hold drinks in their hands at the same time. Plastic Col- lins glasses smashed into splintery pieces if you waltzed into some clumsy oaf. Only the older couples really knew what they were doing. With wispy grey hair, they graced the dance floor as little oases of Arthur Murray confidence, bliss- fully lost in reminiscence of an ancient veterans' ball. But what can you expect from an Inau- gural held in a basketball gymnasium 7 The Capital Pavilion is the Saint Martin's College sports arena. They tried to hide the place by hanging spruce boughs from the backboards and lining left-Clver yule trees along the cold cement walls. Some- thing like the fig-leaf effect - you pray there isn't a strong wind. A few touches showed some foresight. Someone sprinkled dance wax on the court, covering the free throw lines and all, ready to lubricate the flashing feet of the ball-gaers. Max Pillar and his Orchestra listlessly whacked out all the old favorites. In a blue show tux, Max played Lawrence Welk, announcing the tunes into a micro- .phone on a stand which he fondled nicely. The band played competently. but the fe- male singer, who looked 40 with a face- lift, tried to harmonize with her own pen- tatonic versions of the songs. The real high point of the evening was when Max came on with a cha-cha . Dixy had already left, waltzing across the floor to a sneaky back-door exit. Her aides had clustered tightly around her, whisking her away to a night of mystery . . But by the time the band broke into its cheap Latin beat, the plastic glasses were piled high on the crepe-draped corners of the bandstand , and the Olympians were feel - ing rowdy enough to line up in a hip- clutching centipede, and cha-cha-cha their way across the dance floor. We left after that, speeding back to our cloister in the woods. Another excursion into the bizarre Olympia social scene, and we'd come back alive. God, only four more years until the next inaugural. All I wanna know is : Was it always like this, or were there really huge gala ballrooms with plaster cherubs on the ceil- ing?

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Page 1: All the convenience of living on - Joni Mitchell

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All the convenience of living on campus without living on campus

Living on campus is great: You're close to the action and school is just a short walk away. However, we think you'll find that living at ASH is even better. School is still just a couple of minutes away but the atmos­phere here is anything but school. It feels like home. At ASH, the hum­drum routine fades away as you relax in comfortable surroundings. In fact, once you move in, you may never want to live anywhere else in Olympia. It's that nice. And, there's enough room for you to have a small gather ing of friends in your apartment. So come make your home at ASH. It's the convenient place to live. c6'"

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Volume 5 Number 10 The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington Jan 20,1977

Evans Meets Us College president-select Dan Evans met

with students in a question and answer session for an hour and a half during yes­terday afternoon, January 19, in the li­brary lobby.

For both the students and Evans the meeting was the first real chance they had to size each other up. The questions and answers were largely repeats of the ques­tions asked in an interview with the COOPER POINT JOURNAL and KAOS­FM on Friday, January 14 (see page 6), but the mood was different.

Evans no doubt learned that Evergreen students are often hostile towards the school administration, and not overly re­spectful of traditional social status. In the first question Evans was informed that the president of Franconia college had a meth­od of keeping in touch with students: he works once a week in the school cafeteria. Would Evans, the student wondered, be willing to do the same? Evans was humor­ous and noncommittal in his reply.

A large number of questions concerned the governance system at Evergreen. Two complaints were heard: students don't have deCision-making power; and stu­dents that are involved in Governance don't represent the students which aren't involved.

EVANS For students trying to draw an impres­

sion of the future president a few things became clear:

- Evans is a ' clear and intelligent speaker.

- Evans has no answers to student governance or curriculum.

- Evans draws often on his experience as governor as a model to give depth to his understanding of college problems.

Evans also tended to view problems in terms of two conflicting needs: that cur­riculum must be flexible e~ough to keep Evergreen an "alternative," as opposed to the idea that curriculum must be stand­ardized enough to allow students security in planning their college goals . He also mentioned the conflict between Evergreen as an "alternative school" for the whole state and as a local school for southwest­ern Washington. But he affirmed, " If Ev­ergreen becomes very much like the other institu tions of education then there would be little reason to continue its existence . . "

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING In response to a question about faculty

collective bargaining, Evans stated, "I would hope we would be able to work on a higher level than just collective bargain­ing . . . The strength of .collective bargain-

ing is the ability to finally strike. . if collective bargaining takes you to a strike then there has to be the po'tential for pen ­alties. Here at Evergreen, I would hope we're better and smarter than that and could find some system that isn 't as gross as collective bargaining ."

In response to a question about a pro­posed addition to the Social Contract for­bidding discrimination because of "sexual orientation, " Evans stated that although he opposed discrimination against homo­sexuals, he did not want to "add to the

laundry lis t delineating which groups can­not be discriminated against." In stead . he suggested that the Social Contracts a 1-ready forbids such discrimina ti on in o ther clauses.

Evans also fie lded questio ns about Na­tive American demands. the presidential search committee , the Board of Trus tees. and President Charles McCann 's paid sabbatical.

He concluded by hoping that he and students could gather again to discuss col­lege issues in the future .

>­c a "" o 0-Ll ro

<Xi

Oil-Black Tuxes and Slick GOV\Tns by Brad Pokorny

Society Editor

Editor's note: COOPER POINT JOUR­NAL Society Editor Brad Pokorny at­tended the gala Inaugural Ball in Lacey on Wednesday, January 12. Pokorny returned with the follOwing report.

Men in oil-black tuxedos and bare­backed women in slick strapless gowns crowded around the ten-foot-high wooden model of the Capitol dome. The newly­elected governor leaned against the white enameled mock-up and penned out auto­graphs. She laughed and listened and made asides to her escort, David Jenkins, an old Atomic Energy Commission aide. She fielded the swarm like a queen bee.

This was inaugural balling. We'd ar­rived late, missing the pageant of flags and the other military operations staged by the Army. It was a champagne toast, and 2,300 persons stood around in the Capital Pavilion in Lacey, holding high gold-plated plastic champagne glasses, the kind with the stems that come apart for easy storage.

Nothing is really formal any more. Sure, there were a lot of J:\eat-fitting rental jobs with tasteful red roses pinned to satin lapels, and cummerbunds, even, but there were some slobs too. Guys in jeans and gravy-stained corduroy jackets, with square-bottomed knit ties dangling over dark moire button-down sports shirts. Many of the younger women came in high school prom retreads. You can get by with anything these days. Dixy Lee Ray wore an emerald green synthetic potato sack. It had embroidery on the wide col­lars, and the design slyly streamlined her potbelly so that it was hardly noticeable. Only the Army officers from Fort Lewis looked really sharp. Decked out in spiffy waistcoats with gold braid epaulets, they sported proud chests plastered with shiny Christmas. decorations.

Nobody knows how to dance any more either. Or maybe everyone was just smashed. People tried, though . Dowdy state workers, trying to dance out their money's worth on the $3S-a-pair tickets, did things that looked vaguely like the twist, to the orchestra's version of Tuxedo Juhction. Couples flopped around on the

ersatz dance floor like hydrocarbon­soaked seagulls, trying to hold drinks in their hands at the same time . Plastic Col­lins glasses smashed into splintery pieces if you waltzed into some clumsy oaf.

Only the older couples really knew what they were doing. With wispy grey hair, they graced the dance floor as little oases of Arthur Murray confidence, bliss­fully lost in reminiscence of an ancient veterans' ball .

But what can you expect from an Inau­gural held in a basketball gymnasium 7 The Capital Pavilion is the Saint Martin's College sports arena. They tried to hide the place by hanging spruce boughs from the backboards and lining left-Clver yule trees along the cold cement walls. Some­thing like the fig-leaf effect - you pray there isn't a strong wind. A few touches showed some foresight. Someone sprinkled dance wax on the court, covering the free throw lines and all, ready to lubricate the flashing feet of the ball-gaers.

Max Pillar and his Orchestra listlessly whacked out all the old favorites . In a blue show tux, Max played Lawrence Welk, announcing the tunes into a micro-

.phone on a stand which he fondled nicely. The band played competently. but the fe­male singer, who looked 40 with a face­lift , tried to harmonize with her own pen ­tatonic versions of the songs.

The real high point of the evening was when Max came on with a cha-cha . Dixy had already left , waltzing across the floor to a sneaky back-door exit. Her aides had clustered tightly around her, whisking her away to a night of mystery . . But by the time the band broke into its cheap Latin beat, the plastic glasses were piled high on the crepe-draped corners of the bandstand, and the Olympians were feel ­ing rowdy enough to line up in a hip­clutching centipede, and cha-cha-cha their way across the dance floor .

We left after that , speeding back to our cloister in the woods. Another excursion into the bizarre Olympia social scene, and we'd come back alive. God, only four more years until the next inaugural.

All I wanna know is : Was it always like this, or were there really huge gala ballrooms with plaster cherubs on the ceil­ing?

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Kaos Critics Pick the Hits by Nathaniel Koch

"Best of. .. " lists often lapse into drearisome exercises in ego­mania. In 1976, the observer (critic) had to have been able to differentiate between and tran­scend his / her personal taste for trash (l have a perverse attrac­tion to even the most vacuous L. A . Rock). a favorite artist's Inferior Work (Dylan's Hard Rain, Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life, Taylor's In The Pocket) and the Significant-But­Disturbing (The Ramones, Jona­than Richman and the Modem Lovers). You had to have been aware of your own limits in mu­sical taste (l am partial to singer / songwriters and know very little about Jazz.) The task is further complicated when you consider that ' over a hundred albums are released each month, and the writer probably had the oppor­tunity to seriously listen to a small fraction of that amount (l managed about four or five a month).

So why bother with a Best of 1976 list1 Basically for two rea- . sons: People who listen to a lot of music usually discover a few obscure but important albums tha t will never receive the expo­sure they deserve. These seem­ingly contrived lists are a way of sharing these discoveries and possibly generating interest in an unfamiliar artist or recording. They were also a lot of fun to do. It is in this spirit that the various l<AOS staffers and I compiled our Best of 1976 choices.

Joni Mitchell: Hejira (Asylum) This is Mitchell's most mature introspective work to date and a refreshing change from the de­tached topical stories on The Hissing of Summer lawns (1975). Flight and travel are the central themes throughout the album. Mitchell is an artist constantly in the process of redefining herself through love and music. Her lyr­ics reveal the inner dialogue of a woman gradually discarding the concept of eternal love juxta­posed with the struggle for self-

JOHN S. FOSTER - N.Y. Punk Rock Critic

1. The ~_ (Sire) 2. The Modem L~(Be88rldey) 3. Burning Spear: Me In The

Hilla (Island) 4. Nick Drake : Five L_ lett

(Antilles) 5. Eno: Anoth.r Gr •• n World

(Island)

KIM McCARTNEY - KAOS V ..... n 1. Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt:

Together A981n For The luI TIme (Fantasy)

2. Anthony Braxton : CIMtI .. Or. chMtra Music 19711 (Arlsta)

3. Gary Burton: DfMma So R .. I (ECM)

4 . Ray Charles & Cleo laine : POllY' B ... (RCA)

5. Eric Dolphy: Jltlelbug Wiltz (Oouglas)

6. Bill Evans & Eddie Gomez : Montraux III (Fantasy)

7. Keith Jarret : Arbour Zina (EMC)

8 . Flora Purim : 500 Mil .. High, Live At Montl'llUx (Fantasy)

9. John McL8ughlln: Shaktl (Co· lumbla)

10. Eberhard Weber : Yellow Fields (EMC) CARLA KNOPER - KAOS Pro· gram DllKtor

1. JOIn AllIIItradlng (A&M) 2. Sweat Honey In The Rock (Fly-

fulfillment vs. her dependence on men. Musically, she has aban­doned the piano to play electric guitar tastefully. The jazz/folk­like quality of the melodies are nearly spellbinding when ac­companied by Jaco Pastorius on bass and larry Carlton on lead guitar. Joni Mitchell is one of our great artists .

Ing Flah) 3. Fanll AII·Stara (Fanla) 4. Marian McPartland : Conwrt

At HavertOld (Halcyon) 5. Don Thompson: COUntry P'­

(PM Records) 6. Bach : Leipzig 50rIIItII (1250

Arch) 7. Laura Nyro : Smile (Columbia) B. Paco De Lucia: '"- (Island) 9. VI"-O 0b0I (Monitor) 10. Ray Charlea & Cleo Laine:

Porgy. B ... (RCA)

DALE CROUSE - KAOS Engl· nearing Staff

1. National Alaoclatlon 01 lInIIdca.tera T .. t R8COId (NAB)

STEPHEN CHARAK - KAOS Bu.l. neaa Mlnager

1 . Jackson Browne : Th. Pre. tllflder (Asylum)

2. The ROIl Hips String Band (Flying Fish)

3. Charlie Haden : Clo .. n ... (A&M)

4. Queen : A Night At The Opsra (Elektra)

5. Greg Klhn (Beserkley) 6. Blue Oyster Cult: Agenta 01

Fortune (Columbia) 7 . McCoy Tyner : Foul Point

(Milestone) 8. Bernstein I Horowitz I Stem:

Concert Of The Century - 85 Y .. ra 01 Clrnegla Hall (Columbia)

sisters have created a collection of songs tha t exude a fragile in­tensity . The lyrics are compel­lingly intelligent and the McGar­rigles draw on a variety of mu­sical forms (blues, Canadian folk, gospel. rockl to establish a melo­dious, uncluttered sound.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Warner Brothers) It will be a disgrace if this album continues to go unnoticed. The McGarrigle

LIIlIIfOOd Thllh'I ~~!II'!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~

Eno: Another Green World (Island) I consider this little col­lection of 14 songs an .absolute masterpiece, although I admit my enthusiasm is a bit twisted. Be­neath the arty packaging is a

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bAit w~ will ~ 2~ iN TIlE }'EAR 2000 "HIGHLY COMIC. A terri'ically Intelligent, witty comedy. The ent.re cast is splendid."

- Vlncenl· Canby. New York Times

"As light as a 'eather aild as spry as a squirrel and · sometimes just as nutty."

-Stewart Klein . WNEW·TV

"A ROMANTIC, MYSTIC, UTOPIAN COMEDY ••• abo'lt the seventies

lunatic fringe of people In their

twenties and thirties. This

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ROB MACHT - KAOS Public ·AI. lalra DllKtor

1. Miles Davis: Aglllrtl (Colum­bia)

2. J_ Peatorlui/Pat Metheny/ . Paul Blay/B~ Dltmn (Improvis­Ing Artlsta)

3. Jackson Browne: The Pre· tender (Asyl um)

4. McCoy Tyner : Fly With The Wind (M lIestones)

5 . Charlie Parker: Thl Savoy Seaal_ (Savoy) •

6. Jack De Johnette Directions: Untitled (ECM)

7. Laura Nyro: Smtl. (Columbia) 8. Aretha Franklin: Sparldl (At­

lantic) 9. Bob Marley and the Wallers :

LI .. (Island) 10. Stevie Wonder: Sof9 In The

Kay at Ule (Tamla)

KARRIE JACOBS "- KAOS NeWa Dt..ctor

1. E.L.O.: A N_ WortcI R8COId (LJnlt80 Artists)

2. Thin Lizzy: J.llbrl.k (Mer­cury)

3. Ry Cooder: ChIcken Skin Mu· sIe (Warner Brothers)

4. David Bromberg : How lIt.'1I You PIIY TIl (Fantasy)

5. SouthSide Johnny & the Ash· bury Jukes: I Don't ' Want To Go Home (EDlc) .

6. Bonnie Koloc: Cloaa Up (Epic)

series of short, engaging pieces (longest 4:03) played with the aid of synthesizers. The album's strength is enhanced with re­peated listenings as the strange i tunes separate and establish iden­tities of their own. Play this al­bum when you're bored with the current state of Rock music.

Martha Velez: Escape From Babylon (Sire) What started as a decidedly commercial project to save a faltering career gave birth to one of the most satisfying (if

'unde(latedl. reggae albums of the year. Although produced by Bob Marley, this is clearly Martha Velez's album. An American, she uses reggae music in her own writing in much the same way white kids like Mike Bloomfield and Bob Dylan used the blues. What results is a valid use of a musical form to define a personal style. "Wild Bird" is my favorite Velez tune. For those who be­lieve reggae is by definition po­litical, listen to' her sing the Wail­ers' "Get up, stand up/stand up for vour rililits I" The song takes on a w\tole new dimension.

Ry Cooder: Chicken Skin Mu­sic (Reprise) Although my en­thusiasm for this album has di­minished slightly in the months since its release, I still consider it an important recording. If noth­ing else; Cooder is still one of the best guitar players in the business. His combination of Norteno, gospel, and Hawaiian music on Chicken Skin may not be exciting, but you have to ad­mire his taste in material and the finely-crafted arrangements.

Bob Seger: Night Moves (Cap­itol) Bob Seger has been playing professionally for close to 12 years now in virtual obscurity. This album should gain him a wider audience. Seger's songs are short little stories in which he lyrically recreates his past using some of the most satisfying met­aphoric images found in current rock music. These are stock rock 'n' roll riffs that everyone has heard before, but I'm not going to complain. Sometimes the bas­ics are good enough .

The Wild Tchoupitoulas (is­land) What can you say about six black men that dress up like Indians for Mardi Gras7 Accom­panied instrumentally by the Meters, the Wild :X:choupitoulas are primarily a vocal group . Their music is an engaging mix­ture of gospel. jazz, reggae and funk. I play this record when I start ·to take rock mus~c too seri­ously. Their chant-like rhythms are soothing to frazzled nerves.

** Direct from the DOOBI~ BROT~~R6

New Yeor6 ~ve Concert

lillY TOil, aIlCJ,·the

S~A'ICS ~ ON~ NIGl-lT ONLY

Thib 6unday January 23rd

C~PT~IN ' COYOTb;6

DOW-T MISS IT···

**

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Entertainm.entmIffi~®1r~(IDnIffimD OOOHHH!f LEAVE ME

ALONE.' YOU DON'T LOVE ME! YOU ONLY WANT ME FOR THE O\3SCENE

APPENDAGE THAT GROwS OUT 'OF

MY \-lEAD .'.'

Evergreen, Swiss Style. by Stan Shore pulling a butcher knife and a

blood sausage from his briefcase. According to Thomas Jeffer- "Time is like a sausage," he ex-

son, the price of freedom is con- plains to an astonished class. '

erything seemed like it was on the verge of changing. And now: nothing is different . So they live oddly, just a little out of synch, bouncirlg through the film and through life.

stant diligence, but Alain Tanner, There's Marcel. the farmer who the Swif;S-French director of Jo- cares more about animals than nab Who Will Be 25 In The Year people. "Whales love music," he 2000, may think that something explains to a prospective em-less somber is required. ployee.

His new film details the lives The plot which draws these of eight acquaintances - each oddballs together is thin, but it eccentric, in their late 20's or 30's " d?"n't ma1ter:" Max finds out and eaar dlidieafed ttdiVing 'theft J . ' tnat sollie ' real 'estatl!" specUlators ' lives according to their own are about to buy up farmland ideals: a red-haired secretary for outside Geneva at unfair prices. a Swiss bank, who takes frequent He ' journeys to the countryside trips abroad and believes fer- to warn people and meets Marcel vently in Tantric sex; a proof- and the others who live close by. reader and disillusioned activist Halfway through the film named Max who loves roulette; Mathieu and his wife decide to Mathieu the typesetter who tells have a child, and the eight zanies a prospective employer: "I am decide at dinner to name him labor - you are capital. " "Jonah." Since the film is con-

This funny and encouraging temporary, it means that Jonah film has Jean Jacques Rousseau will be 25 in the year 2000. Jo-as its patron saint. His statue is nah himself and the year are im-shown periodically as the charac- portant markers for the people in ters move around Geneva and its the film : the year 2000 marks the suburbs. Rousseau believed that future , and Jonah our emergence left to himself man was a good into it . and noble animal, that society The people in the film have corrupted . The eight people in funny ideas about Time: they the film - none of them about are impatient, disgusted, overly to amount to much by conven- patient, " or cosmic in their ap-tional standards - seem the kind proaches. But no one just leaves of people Rousseau might have it alone. They can't. It's against had in mind. their religion or politics. It's also

There's Marco, the history against their age. In the 1960's, teacher that begins his lecture by Max explains at one point, ev-

There's Mari, a grocery clerk who does not charge pensioners the full price of their groceries since they could not afford them otherwise. The result: old people line up ~" front of her check-out stand, and, eventually, she is fired.

Cinematically, the film is tight, carefully controlled and beauti­ful. When the characters fanta ­size, their fantasies are shown in black and white. It is a fine touch, not terribly original. But what is indicative of Tanner's optimism is that in the course of the movie most of the fantasies are fulfilled ; having been seen first in black and white, they are seen again, for real, in color.

Most people seem to think that there is a direct correlation be­tween a film's intelligence and its joylessness. Therefore, an idiotic film like Taxi Driver is consid­ered intelligent, since nothing could be less cheerful. Well, Jo­nah should lay this idea to rest once and for all : it is intelligent and joyful. Evergreeners in par­ticular - we are an odd assort­ment also - should enjoy seeing this film.

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Directed by Una Wertmuller, starring Glanwlo Gl~. Becaulle of the Intensity and the subject matter of this film, we strongly do not recom­mend it for anyone under 11.

Rated R Times: 7:00 9:15

Seven Beauties

.... , .. MI_ ..

Arts ' and EventsArrlt fIl.Ml ON CAMPUS Friday, January 21 WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967) Blind

woman (Audrey Hepburn) versus maniac killer (Alan Arkin) with butcher knlfl!'. Not surDrisingly. blind woman wins In the end , but there are lots of scares along the way. Playing with : HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1971) A Spanish box­office smash which received less attention than It deserved in ' the U.S. The evil Mme. Fourneau keeps a tight rein on her boarding house , but the girls start getting murdered. Stars Uti Palmer. This horror dou­ble feature Is' presented by the Fri­day Nite Film Series, LH One, 3" and 7:30 p.m.

Monday, January 24 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

will be shown in conjunction with speaker Mark Ravin's discussion of Imperialism In South America. The 111m explains the "necessity of the violation of human rights for the expansion of Imperialism." Pre­sented by the Evergreen Political Inlormatlon Canter at noon and 7 :30 p.m. In LH One .

Tuesday, January 25 MASCULINITY, FACT OR ACT Is

part of a continuing series of "Brown Bag" films shown In the cafeteria coffeehouse at noon.

Wednesday, January 26

THE LIFE OF O'HARU (1952, 133 min.) Directed by Kenjl Mlzoguchl, who la widely acknowledged as one of tha great masters of Japanese cinema. Winner 01 the Venice Inter­national Prize, the 111m chronlclea the life 01 a "palace wile" through her fall from the highest to the low­est levels 01 feudal society. Her undoing Is caused by blatant male oppreSSion, and this 111m Is re­garded as from "a woman's view­point."

Although auch fare may sound dry, Mlzoguchl Is noted for the sheer beauty of hla cinematography and O'HARU was done during his most productive period. .

This film replaces the previously scheduled Academic Film Series MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM . LH One, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., free ,

IN OLYMPIA SEVEN BEAUTIES (1975) Directed

by Una Wertmuller. One of the best films ever made. This extraordinary film raised a storm of controversy about the ethics of survival , con­centration camps , and facism , but what it's really about 15 maSculinity. The story follows a character nick­named "Seven Beauties" (Glancarlo Giannini) through gangland ven ­dettas , the rise of Mussolinl, and Imprisonmenl In a German camp. In "Swept Away, " Wertmuller played a survival theme for laughs; this time she goes at it for real In a yarn that makes Odysseus' travels look mellow. At The Cinema, 943-5914.

MARATHON MAN (1976) This suspense thriller stars Dustin Hoff­man as a history student who is forced to fight for his very life . See this film and never get your teeth cleaned again. At the Olympic, 357-3422.

SILVER STREAK (1976) Gene Wilder (of Willy Wonke fame) and Richard Pryor star In a runaway train story that doesn't have too much steam. At the State, 357-4010.

BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR Not Bugs' best. At the Capitol, 357-7161 .

IN TACOMA JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN

THE YEAR 2000 (1976) Directed by Alain Tanner, this Is not sclence­fiction. A Swiss-French film about an eccentric group of political and aoclal oddballs. A wonderful, en· couraglng '"m that _ms made lor Evergreeners. At the Lakewood Ter­rar.e Theatre.

RADIO AND TELE'ilSION Thursday. January 20

. CLONING Is part 01 a bl-weekly (Tuesdays and Thursdays) educa­tional series on KAOS, called "Montage." This particular episode is an Interview with David Shear a­bout creating life In a laboratory. KAOS-FM, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, January 25 INTERVIEW WITH A STREET

WOMAN airs on KAOS as pari of "Montage" at 10 p.m. A unique in­sight Into ghetto life.

Sunday, January 25 ROOTS , a historical and history­

making television series based on the book by Alex Haley about the life of a black family over the cen­turies , from capture Into slavery In Africa to the present in America. This epic presentation 15 the first series to be shown on eight con­secutive nights, beginning Sunday at 9 p.m. ihe advance reviews have been extr<3mely favorable . KOMO· TV . Channel 4.

.M1l&.Ik ON CAMPUS Saturday, January 22 MAGGIE SAVAGE AND JUDE

FOOELQUIST, a pair of feminist musicians In concert In the library lobby at 8 p.m. Men are welcOme. Presented by the Pacific Northwest Women's music Festival, $2 ad­miSSion.

Friday, January 21 DEBBY McCLATCHY folksings at

Applejam for $1 at 8 p.m. Her rap· ertolre Includas American, Irish and English traditional music. She has two albums, and has performed on television "programs In New York, San FranCisco, Ireland and England . This Is her first tour of the North­west.

Friday, January 21 SNAKE OIL, one of Oly's home

bands, will play bluegrass and old time string band music at the Ap­

. plejam . Minors welcome . Doors open at 8 p.m ., entertainment starts at 8: 30, $1.

THEATRE IN OLYMPIA January 21, 22,23 THE PRISONER OF SECOND

AVENUE, the well-known Neil Si­mon play, Is performed by the Cap­Itol Contemporary Theatre at the Tyee Motor Inn. It Is a "dinner the­atre" performance , the $8 .95 cha"rge covering both the Baron 01 Beef and the bellyfull of laughs. 352· 0511.

ABI ON CAMPUS RECENT WORKS BY BILL RADES

continues in the Library Art Gallery through January 30.

200 YEARS OF ROYAL COPEN· HAGEN PORCELAIN Is the perfect cure for people who are tired of muddy brown "organic" ceramics . The show runs through February 20, at the Volunteer Park Seattle Art Museum"

GARY GILMORE WILL BE REIN­CARNATED AS A STUFFED ALBI­NO SQUIRREL .. . HOW'~ THAT FOR A DETERRENT? If I had been aborted , I wouldn't have been able to grow up to watch Gary Gilmore get executed . One small bullet for a man, one giant step backwards for manKind . " guns were outlawed, only outlaws would be able to exe­cute Gary Gilmore. Tell me, Gary , Is there free will? Well, Johnny, I lust [gag nolsesl. Spitting up blood! What kind 01 answer is that? But first this Important message : Mama, get the hammer, there's a fly on Gary's head. How many Mor­mons does It take to shoot Gary Gilmore? Five. Gary Gilmore's fa· vorlte conversation stopper : "Ready, aim, lire." Next! The Joe B.mla Memortal Rlfl. Range, open 24 houra.

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Tired of plastic bakery cakes? Special occasion homemade cakes . Fern , 357-7344 .

Thalassa-Lady had 12 new babies! Diane Squidd won the "Bet how many Puppies" Con­test. HOORA Y1I She gets A free movie. Interested in A ShepArd I Lab puppy 7 CAI/·8l16-0181 .